Category: Communication
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Your Resume – is it doing it’s job?
Really Ugly Résumés I was going to spend some time during the Easter break working on my resume but I things got away from me and I was actually working on a writing project for a large training organisation which had to be completed today. I am going to get to this as my eportfolio could…
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Failure and the art of great training
There’s a lot to be said about failure and there are plenty of people out there who want to talk about it and warn you that failure is just around the corner. The answer for most people is don’t try anything risky, in fact don’t try anything at all because you don’t want to fail?…
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Presentation skills
Simple little post today just like this simple little video on how to create an effective presentation. Hope this helps everyone who is struggling to get it right. Me included.
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Make your own book and sell it
Here is another one of those simple but effective ideas. At this site, blurb, you can make your own book, share it or sell it. Great idea for classes, your kids or creating that special book for a special occasion. Try it out and let me know what you think.
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Can’t Cope with Computers?
Maybe it’s you, maybe it’s a training participant, maybe it’s your parents or a family member but if you can’t cope with computers and just don’t know how to use them or you don’t know how to begin to explain to someone else how to use them, try this excellent and growing website setup by…
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What aren’t you teaching?
I was surprised by this article. Maybe I shouldn’t be as it is in the USA. Read it here. Basically a survey found that 60% of biology teachers skip around the topic of evolution. Do you think that could be happening in Australia? What about at our many religious orientated private schools? What it got…
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No more bad presentations
A lot of my students and many others are tackling the competency unit Make a presentation as part of their Certificate IV in TAE. For some this is their first, real, out in front of a strange audience, presentation and that can be a daunting task. Here is a good link to some very good…
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Virtual Worlds and Training.
Elearning is a difficult concept for many people to get their head around. Introduce the concept of virtual worlds into the elearning mix and you see most trainers’ eyes glaze over. It’s just a little too far out there for most of them. It is easy to understand why if you haven’t actually experienced a…
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Gen Y – why the fuss?
I have read a great deal about the different generational groups and it is interesting reading but should we be concerned as trainers about what this means to learning and education? I think that maybe there is too much emphasis on the generational differences at time. We all have brains and we all learn essentially…
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Keep your brain active
I have written a number of posts on creativity and it’s importance to the trainer. To be creative you do have to have a creative brain. Fortunately you can exercise your brain just like any muscle in your body. You can become more creative as well as increase you overall intelligence. Most of us now…